The 90-year-old former Prime Minister of Malaysia, though retired from politics in 2003, has never been out of limelight. In fact, he played active roles in the appointments of both the Prime Ministers after him. And now he is at it again!While many thought he is a crackpot politician, this shopkeeper regards him as a shrewd opinion maker whose points-of-view are always worth paying attention to.One need only to read his controversial book written in 1970, in the context that he was at that time an out-of-favour politician, as well as his preface to the 2008 edition in which he corrected his own observations, to note that he is a very good thinker as well as writer- his controversial viewpoints notwithstanding.